William Helms

William Helms (* in Sussex County , New Jersey , †  1813 in Hamilton County , Ohio ) was an American politician . Between 1801 and 1811 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

The sources give little information about William Helms. During the War of Independence he served in the Continental Army , where he rose to the rank of captain or brevet major. Then he began a political career. In 1791 and 1792 he was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly . In the late 1790s, Helms joined the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson .

In the congressional elections of 1800 he was elected for the third seat of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded James Linn on March 4, 1801 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1811 . During this time, the Louisiana Purchase made by President Jefferson in 1803 fell . In 1804 the twelfth amendment was ratified. After serving in the US House of Representatives, William Helms moved to Ohio, where he died in 1813.

Web links

• William Helms in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)